In May, Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary blamed alleged Chinese Communist Party-adjacent actors for an influx of what he characterized as bot-written comments flooding his social media accounts in opposition to his proposal to build one of Utah’s largest data centers. Now, those accusations may be coming back to bite him.
On Wednesday, two Utah-based political organizations and their founders brought a defamation lawsuit against O’Leary and Fox News—where he made some of those comments—arguing his characterization of their alleged ties to the CCP had caused irreparable reputational harm.
